2026 Fernando C. Barros: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	106	6455	6074	10	10	545	47577

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Medicine in Brazil Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Medicine in Brazil Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Medicine in Brazil Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Medicine in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Fernando C. Barros is affiliated with Universidade Católica de Pelotas in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The researcher's work spans several key topics in health and development, including:

Birth, Development, and Health
Child Nutrition and Water Access
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Infant Development and Preterm Care
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fernando C. Barros include Bernardo Lessa Horta, César G. Victora, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Mariângela Freitas da Silveira, and Iná S. Santos. These collaborations have contributed to a body of work that addresses various public health challenges through epidemiological and clinical research.

Their research has been published extensively in the following venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Revista de Saúde Pública
UNC Libraries
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Fernando C. Barros are:

"SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in Brazil: results from two successive nationwide serological household surveys" (2020), published in The Lancet Global Health
"Population-based surveys of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in Southern Brazil" (2020), published in Nature Medicine
"Remarkable variability in SARS-CoV-2 antibodies across Brazilian regions: nationwide serological household survey in 27 states" (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"Effects of early-life poverty on health and human capital in children and adolescents: analyses of national surveys and birth cohort studies in LMICs" (2022), published in The Lancet
"Vaccine coverage within the first year of life and associated factors with incomplete immunization in a Brazilian birth cohort" (2020), published in Archives of Public Health

Through these contributions, Fernando C. Barros has documented epidemiological trends and health disparities, focusing on antibody prevalence in the context of SARS-CoV-2 and the broader impacts of social determinants such as poverty on child health outcomes. The research integrates large-scale surveys and cohort analyses, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach that bridges clinical, psychological, and environmental health perspectives.

Best Publications

International standards for newborn weight, length, and head circumference by gestational age and sex: the Newborn Cross-Sectional Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

José Villar;Leila Cheikh Ismail;Cesar G Victora;Eric O Ohuma;Eric O Ohuma

1963
Citations
Global Epidemiology of Use of and Disparities in Caesarean Sections

Ties Boerma;Carine Ronsmans;Dessalegn Y. Melesse;Aluisio J. D. Barros

1524
Citations
Maternal and child health in Brazil: progress and challenges

César Gomes Victora;Estela Maria Motta Lima Leão de Aquino;Maria do Carmo Leal;Carlos Augusto Monteiro

1494
Citations
Association between breastfeeding and intelligence, educational attainment, and income at 30 years of age: a prospective birth cohort study from Brazil

Cesar G. Victora;Bernardo L. Horta;Christian Loret de Mola;Luciana de Avila Quevedo

1036
Citations
Mortality risk in preterm and small-for-gestational-age infants in low-income and middle-income countries: a pooled country analysis.

Joanne Katz;Anne C. C. Lee;Anne C. C. Lee;Naoko Kozuki;Joy E. Lawn;Joy E. Lawn

966
Citations
Explaining trends in inequities: evidence from Brazilian child health studies

Cesar G Victora;J Patrick Vaughan;Fernando C Barros;Anamaria C Silva

955
Citations
International standards for fetal growth based on serial ultrasound measurements: the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

Aris T Papageorghiou;Eric O Ohuma;Eric O Ohuma;Douglas G Altman;Tullia Todros

870
Citations
Congenital Zika virus syndrome in Brazil: a case series of the first 1501 livebirths with complete investigation

Giovanny V A França;Lavinia Schuler-Faccini;Wanderson K Oliveira;Claudio M P Henriques

717
Citations
Health conditions and health-policy innovations in Brazil: the way forward

Cesar Gomes Victora;Maurício Lima Barreto;Maria do Carmo Leal;Carlos Augusto Monteiro

688
Citations
Risk of childhood undernutrition related to small-for-gestational age and preterm birth in low- and middle-income countries

Parul Christian;Sun Eun Lee;Moira Donahue Angel;Linda S. Adair

662
Citations
‘Kangaroo mother care’ to prevent neonatal deaths due to preterm birth complications

Joy E Lawn;Judith Mwansa-Kambafwile;Bernardo L Horta;Fernando C Barros

612
Citations
The challenge of reducing neonatal mortality in middle-income countries: findings from three Brazilian birth cohorts in 1982, 1993, and 2004

Fernando C. Barros;Cesar G. Victora;Aluisio J D Barros;Ina S. Santos

550
Citations
Epidemiologia da desigualdade

Cesar G Victora;Fernando C Barros;J. Patrick Vaughan

534
Citations
Epidemiologia de la desigualdad

Cesar Victora;Fernando Barros;J. Patrick Vaughan

514
Citations
Consumer demand for caesarean sections in Brazil: informed decision making, patient choice, or social inequality? A population based birth cohort study linking ethnographic and epidemiological methods.

Dominique P Béhague;Cesar G Victora;Fernando C Barros

508
Citations
Low birthweight, preterm births and intrauterine growth retardation in relation to maternal smoking.

Bernardo Lessa Horta;Cesar Gomes Victora;Ana Maria Menezes;Ricardo Halpern

501
Citations
Impact of breast feeding on admission for pneumonia during postneonatal period in Brazil: nested case-control study

Juraci A César;Cesar G Victora;Fernando C Barros;Iná S Santos

477
Citations
Fatores de risco para suspeita de atraso no desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor aos 12 meses de vida

Ricardo Halpern;Elsa R. J. Giugliani;Cesar G. Victora;Fernando C. Barros

459
Citations
Pacifier Use and Short Breastfeeding Duration: Cause, Consequence, or Coincidence?

Cesar Gomes Victora;Dominique Pareja Behague;Fernando Celso Barros;Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto

434
Citations
The associations of parity and maternal age with small-for-gestational-age, preterm, and neonatal and infant mortality: a meta-analysis

Naoko Kozuki;Anne Cc Lee;Anne Cc Lee;Mariangela F Silveira;Ayesha Sania

420
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cesar G. Victora Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Bernardo L. Horta Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Iná S. Santos Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Aluísio J. D. Barros Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Ana M. B. Menezes Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Denise Petrucci Gigante Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Aris T. Papageorghiou University of Oxford

Pedro Curi Hallal University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Stephen Kennedy University of Oxford

Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University

External Links

Personal website of Fernando C. Barros

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